Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 41. Chapters: Sam Houston State Bearkats football, Sam Houston State Bearkats men's basketball coaches, Sam Houston State University alumni, Sam Houston State University faculty, Dan Rather, Battle of the Piney Woods, Charlie Wilson, Tomas Rivera, Orville Bullington, Ronnie Arrow, Molly Louise Shepard, David F. Duncan, Kenneth R. Mladenka, Steven Long, Sean Hargreaves, Gib Lewis, Shafkat Chowdhury, Robert Gammage, Marilyn McAdams Sibley, List of Sam Houston State University alumni, James Surls, Lyda Green, Robert Manuel, Oscar Henry Cooper, Katie Rose Clarke, William "Bill" R. Brinkley, Hiram Abiff Boaz, Priscilla Coleman, Fisher Tull, Bob Marlin, Brooke Daniels, Mike Miller, Puny Wilson, Sammy Bearkat, Lindley Beckworth, Bowers Stadium, Melinda Estes, Roger Jones, Lone Star College-University Center. Excerpt: Daniel Irvin "Dan" Rather, Jr. (born October 31, 1931) is an American journalist and the former news anchor for the CBS Evening News. He is now managing editor and anchor of the television news magazine Dan Rather Reports on the cable channel HDNet. Rather was anchor of the CBS Evening News for 24 years, from March 9, 1981, to March 9, 2005. He also contributed to CBS's 60 Minutes. Rather became embroiled in controversy about a disputed news report involving the 2004 U.S. presidential election and subsequently left CBS Evening News in 2005, and he left the network altogether after 43 years in 2006. Rather's boyhood home being restored at the Wharton County MuseumDaniel Irvin Rather Jr. () was born on October 31, 1931, in Wharton County, Texas, the son of Daniel Irvin Rather, Sr., and the former Byrl Veda Page. The Rathers moved to Houston, and Dan attended Love Elementary School and Hamilton Middle School. He graduated in 1949 from John H. Reagan High School in Houston. In 1953, he received a bachelor's degree in journalism...